Biography:
Arthur Charles Clements
1862 –25/11/1924
Arthur Charles Clements
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Plot x549 Arthur Charles Clements (1862-1924)
Arthur was born in Mapledurham, Oxfordshire in 1862, the oldest child of James Clements, a labourer, and his wife Ann (née Dodd). He seems to have gone by the name Charles, judging by his census returns.
In 1887 in Oxfordshire he married Adelaide Simkins, a domestic servant from Newmarket. They were to have seven children.
In the 1891 census they are recorded living in Vicar’s Road, Kentish Town and Charles was employed by a pianoforte maker. In the 19th century this part of London was a major centre for piano making and all its associated industries.
Charles was to have a radical change of occupation and by 1901 the family had moved to 6, Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames where he was a manager of a boot and shoe shop.
By 1902 they were living in Berkhamsted and the 1911 census places them at 123, High Street. Charles was a manager for a bootmaker and son Frank was a boot maker.
Son James signed up in 1916, fought in France and was wounded in the head and shoulder in August 1917. Thankfully he survived the war.
In 1921 they were living in Farriers Hall in the High Street. (The site of the British Legion behind Boots.) Charles was manager of a boot shop, employed by P D Miller Boot & Shoe Makers and May, the only one of their children still at home, worked for Corby, Palmer & Stuart, costumiers in Lower Kings’ Road.
Charles died 25 November 1924 by which time they were living at 24, Clarence Road. Adelaide survived him until 1931 and is buried here with him.
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Plot x549 Arthur Charles Clements (1862-1924)
Arthur was born in Mapledurham, Oxfordshire in 1862, the oldest child of James Clements, a labourer, and his wife Ann (née Dodd). He seems to have gone by the name Charles, judging by his census returns.
In 1887 in Oxfordshire he married Adelaide Simkins, a domestic servant from Newmarket. They were to have seven children.
In the 1891 census they are recorded living in Vicar’s Road, Kentish Town and Charles was employed by a pianoforte maker. In the 19th century this part of London was a major centre for piano making and all its associated industries.
Charles was to have a radical change of occupation and by 1901 the family had moved to 6, Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames where he was a manager of a boot and shoe shop.
By 1902 they were living in Berkhamsted and the 1911 census places them at 123, High Street. Charles was a manager for a bootmaker and son Frank was a boot maker.
Son James signed up in 1916, fought in France and was wounded in the head and shoulder in August 1917. Thankfully he survived the war.
In 1921 they were living in Farriers Hall in the High Street. (The site of the British Legion behind Boots.) Charles was manager of a boot shop, employed by P D Miller Boot & Shoe Makers and May, the only one of their children still at home, worked for Corby, Palmer & Stuart, costumiers in Lower Kings’ Road.
Charles died 25 November 1924 by which time they were living at 24, Clarence Road. Adelaide survived him until 1931 and is buried here with him.
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